How long is the wait for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at Halton Hospital?
The NHS does not publish flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Halton Hospital, and it is the current flexible sigmoidoscopy queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.
Updated June 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)
Half of the people waiting for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 20% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Halton Hospital
A shorter flexible sigmoidoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Halton Hospital.
- Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Cheshire West and Chester2w · 11 mi · 1w faster
- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan2w · 17 mi · 1w faster
- Bolton NHS Foundation Trust · Bolton2w · 19 mi · 1w faster
- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester1w · 21 mi · 2w faster
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester2w · 22 mi · 1w faster
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust · Stockport2w · 24 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your flexible sigmoidoscopy could be at any of them.
- Warrington Hospital6 mi
- Leigh Infirmary15 mi
- Altrincham General Hospital15 mi
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